Peter Pan - Indians - Sondra Lee - 1955

...Directly after the B'way run, complete with the B'way sets, here's the original "Indian" cast doing the number LIVE, [from Peter Pan on NBC's Producers' Showcase] exactly the way it was originally performed.. well - a little shorter.

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• sondra_lee
• mary_martin
• producers'_showcase

[MCDloveHeartDJDanger]

i cannot believe this.. they've grown!

[rodanvideo]

@MCDloveHeartDJDanger

Maybe I'm thick. Who's grown?

[HectorJW2007]

I bet she slept with everybody.

[rodanvideo]

@HectorJW2007

Well, it's been 7 months, and I still haven't gotten around to reading her book! I've been waiting for my local library to get a copy.

[rodanvideo]

@TheFrancoGerman I keep meaning to write back.. but never do, so here it goes - -

Peter Pan - THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, was a very loose adaptation of the novel. As explained, Neverland is a place where everyone is "at play." The Indians, the pirates, the lost boys.. they are "playing." So, the injuns are injuns as children would see and act them out. Tiger Lily was blond for a reason. She was - - errr - - PLAYING. It was never the intent of the playwriters to bash any character-groups.

[dormantone]

I see no place is safe from the "politically correct" crowd! Sondra Lee did a fantastic job night after night in this role, in this show!

[rodanvideo]

@TheFrancoGerman --continued.. Subsequent productions try to make the pirates and Indians.. OOPS - Native Americans.. into REAL characters. That may have been valid for the book but not for the intent of this MUSICAL. So, when Mary sings "brave noble red-skins," it's okay.. and totally acceptable. Newer productions have bowed to political-correctness pressure with replacement phrases, such as "brave noble warriors." It's not necessary [nor valid] to alter a classic Broadway script.

[ronniejoe1953]

I've always enjoyed both versions (55 & 60). I have never seen anything to say a bad word about the 1960 version. The 1960 Mary Martin "intro" is a show stopper. It may be the most famous intro of all-time. Thanks for the video "kinescope".

[bkev93]

Thanks for this post!  I've never seen the '55 version and I'm very curious, as people who have seen more than the '60 version tend to loathe it. Do you have any more clips?

[MCDloveHeartDJDanger]

@rodanvideo I mean, my grandma always tell me this story! But I'm still young. I just know this so i started watching the 2003 version, cartoon and this one..I saw their pics..they're old now. :)